R help - Aug 2003 - Problem running RTERM via SSH on Windows/2000

I'm having problems getting RTERM to work via SSH. 
Whenever it has any type of problem, it abends instead
of issuing an error message and returning to the >
prompt.  Both "server" and client are Windows/2000
Professional at FP4.  SSH is via Cygwin on both sides.
 R is version is 1071.

RTERM runs fine when run in a BASH shell on the
"server," though it does not prompt for --save
--nosave or --vanilla.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed in
fixing the problem?



$ rterm --vanilla

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> library(xtable)
library(xtable)
> library(RODBC)
library(RODBC)
>
xyz<-odbcConnect("xyz",uid="xyz",pwd="xyz")
xyz<-odbcConnect("xyz",uid="xyz",pwd="xyz")
Error: syntax error
Execution halted


Client SSH level
$ ssh -V
OpenSSH_3.4p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0090607f


Host SSH level
$ ssh -V
OpenSSH_3.6.1p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090702f

====Bruce Moore

This is the documented behaviour for R when used non-interactively.
Presumably your `SSH' (probably really openssh) isn't using terminals
for
input and output.

You might like to try rterm --ess, a kludge for a similar problem in 
NTemacs.  Or try a different ssh (a real Windows one, not one designed for 
systems with ptys).

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Bruce Moore wrote:
> I'm having problems getting RTERM to work via SSH. 
> Whenever it has any type of problem, it abends instead
> of issuing an error message and returning to the >
> prompt.  Both "server" and client are Windows/2000
> Professional at FP4.  SSH is via Cygwin on both sides.
>  R is version is 1071.
> 
> RTERM runs fine when run in a BASH shell on the
> "server," though it does not prompt for --save
> --nosave or --vanilla.
It never does: no version of R prompts for those to my knowledge.

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